Vehicle-washing device



(No Mode'L) 'G. B.EMERY. VEHICLE WASHING DEVICE.

Patented Aug. 31,1897.

y Wm UNrTan STATES CHARLES 13. EMERY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEHl'CLE-WVASHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,845, dated August 81, `1 897.

Application filed July 1, 1896. Serial No. 597,716. (No model.) I

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatl, CHARLES B. EMERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-lashing Device, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a practical, simple, and strong device by means of which vehicles may be washed with a hose from all sides without danger of the hose and its connections to the water-supply pipe becoming entangled with the vehicle.

. My invention consists in a pipe to which a hose may be connected, said pipe being so connected to the water-supply pipe that it will be free to turn at any angle in a horizontal plane about a pivot and also free to move to a limited extent about a pivot in a vertical plane.

My invention further consists in supporting the said pipe in such a manner that when any excessive strain shall be brought to hear upon the said pipe it will be flexible and the strain will not be transmitted to the support or hanger in such a manner as to strain the same.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved vehiclewashing device in position for use with the necessary connections to the water-supply pipe. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section, partly in elevation, taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section, partly in elevation, taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. l is a plan view of the hanger from which my improved vehiclewashing device is suspended.

In the drawings, a is a water-supply pipe provided with a valve b. Said su pply-pipe is supported at c and d from the ceiling of the room and is screwed into a hanger or baseplate e. The hanger c is provided with two projections e e', which are secured to the ceiling, and thus the hanger e is fastened to the ceiling by a tripod, the pipe a constituting one leg of the same and the projections e e' the other two legs, forminga verysecure and iirm base or hanger for supporting the vehiclewashing device. The hanger c is screwthreaded at e2 to .receive a pipe c3, said pipe having an annular flan ge e4 formed thereon. A coupling f rests upon the tlange e4 and is free to turn thereon in a horizontal plane. An elbow g is screwed into the coupling fat f, and a packing f2 between the flange e4 and the elbow g serves to form a tight joint. To the other end ofthe elbowg at g is screwed a pipe It. Said pipe has an annular flange 7i' thereon and is encircled by an elbow 7l, having a shoulder formed therein at i. A packing 2 between the flange h and the shoulder 'i' serves to form a tight joint, the elbow 'L' being free to turn in a vertical plane upon the pipe h.

A torsional spiral spring 7a is coiled around the elbow t', one end being fast to the elbow g and the other to a collar j upon the elbow i. Said collar j may be tur-ned around on the elbow c' and set at dierent points by a setscrew j for the purpose of giving the spring 7o more or less tension, as may be desired. To the elbow g is screwed a bracket Z, said bracket having a set-screw Z having a conical point which bears. againstV the elbow i and serves to press the shoulder t" against the packing and also as a bearing for said collar to turn upon when it turns in a vertical plane. The provision of the bracket Z and the conical screw Z supports the elbow i at its outer side and forms in effect a journal upon which said elbow turns, preventing any strain being brought upon the joints of the different parts hereinbefore described.

To the arm i3 of the elbow i is screwed a pipe 4, to the end of which is attached the hose-pipe Upon the elbow g is cast a lug g2, which forms a stop which prevents the spring 7o from throwing the pipe 4 any higher than to a horizontal position, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

It will be evident that by taking hold of the hose i5 the same may be carried to any point from which it is desired to direct a stream of water upon the vehicle, the pipe i4, elbow g, and their connections turning in a horizontal plane about the center of the pipe c3. The spring 7c is sufficiently strong to sustain the pipe i4 in a substantially horizontal plane under normal conditions, but in case any eXtra strain or pull should be given to IOO the hose the spring` will give, allowing the pipe [14 to turn about the center of the pipe 7L. When the strain is removed,tl1e spring will cause the pipe '114 to return to its normal position, as shown in Fig. l. It will thus be seen thaty by the construction shown the device removes any liability of excessive strain being brought upon the hanger e and the tendency to tear said hanger from its bearing; upon the ceiling.

. That l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device for washing vehicles the combination with a water-suppl5T pipe, of a hanger e, a pipe e3 depending from said hanger, an elbow g, coupled to said pipe e3 and free to turn with respect thereto in a horizontal plane, a pipe 7i secured to said elbow an elbow connected to said pipe 71, and partaking of the horizontal movement of the elbow y and also free to turn in a vertical plane on the pipe 71J7 a torsional spring connected at one end to the elbow g and at the other end to an adjustable collar upon the elbow 'L' and serving to maintain said elbow in its normal position, a bracket Z carried by the elbow g, a set-screw carried by said bracket Z and bearing,` upon to support and form a bearing for said elbow e', a pipe i4 secured to the elbow t' and a hosepipe connected to said pipe i4, substantially as described.

CHARLES B. EMERY.

lVitnesses:

Guo. H. CUSHMAN, HARRY M. Rude. 

